Stage Recovery - High TWR Style (RO in KSP 1.12)

I test the recovery of the Orion Carrier Plane when having its second stage - the Ministar - achieve orbit quickly enough to turn back to the OCP before it hits the atmosphere.
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[@briancox2721]

The pronunciation is INK-oh-nel. And although it has impressive properties, it's a real pain to machine. And certain grades work harden so fast they are a holy terror. You have one shot to drill a hole in a part. If you stop, the bottom of the hole hardens and can no longer be drilled. The hole has to be ground the rest of the way with a high speed carbide end mill.

[@ianglenn2821]

I really appreciate your videos, always fun for me to watch, thank you

[@alrightydave]

Awesome stuff. Love big cool spaceplanes like this. Got my own in fact a similar design to your shinkansen and orion systems

[@FatovMikhail]

looks good in a top hat

[@Ejd582]

raiz how i use the script i paste “run shuttle” and doesnt work can you help me?

[@RaizSpace]

As explained in the video, run shuttle.ks. was the old way - the current version uses run ops1.ks. and don't forget the period at the end.

[@Ejd582]

what video? do you have link????

[@mbmurphy777]

Would it increase performance to make a bigger carrier (or add drop tanks), go to a higher speed than 4000m/s, but leave some fuel for a re-entry burn?

[@RaizSpace]

A reentry burn would require turning it around twice, which we probably don't have time for (especially if I pay attention to Ministar first) and probably need more robust RCS. I don't think it'll help enough.

[@ashtiboy]

hey try just puting a star ship super heavy booster but instead of satrship on top of it just put like like a big 100 ton payload faring with a 100 ton or smaler SSTO aerospace space plane in it